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With costs of health care rising, researchers from the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, have located a less expensive alternative to traditional methods of quitting smoking: Internet- and computer-based cessation programs. Published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the study found that the number of people using electronic programs who remained smoke-free for one year was 1.7 times higher than the rate of those who tried to quit independently. The approach is far less costly than telephone hotlines and counseling services.